Acting · Belfast, Northern Ireland · Born May 25, 1952
Des McAleer is a Belfast born actor of film, TV and stage.
TVHow to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026
as Father William
MovieHandmade - A Tale of Stop-motion
2023
as Narrator
TVHope Street
2021
as Barry Pettigrew
MovieLost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
MovieOut of Innocence
2019
as Père O'Reilly
TVDeath and Nightingales
2018
as Jim Rutledge
MovieThe Children Act
2018
as Jim the Porter
TVMy Mother and Other Strangers
2016
as Ned Hanlon
TVThe Crown
2016
as Philip Kinghorn Burbidge
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
as Shamrayev
MovieNorth
2014
as Richard
MovieHow I Live Now
2013
as Major McEvoy
MovieMy Week with Marilyn
2011
as Senior Policeman
TVWuthering Heights
2009
as Joseph
MovieHunger
2008
as Mr Sands
MovieThe Penalty King
2006
as Denis Cleghorn
MovieNuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
2006
as Col. Burton C. Andrus
MovieDeadlines
2005
as Jim Prager
MovieAn Everlasting Piece
2000
as Mr. Black
MovieWhen the Sky Falls
2000
MovieAngela's Ashes
1999
as Mr. Benson
Picking Up the Pieces
1998
as Bill Tansey
MovieTitanic Town
1998
as Finbar
MovieI Want You
1998
as Flowers Salesman
MovieThis Is the Sea
1997
as Inspector Wilson
TVTouching Evil
1997
as DCI Frank Dolland
Safe And Sound
1996
as Tommy Delaney
TVSilent Witness
1996
MovieButterfly Kiss
1995
as Eric McDermott
MovieLife After Life
1995
as Paddy John O'Neill
MovieFamily
1994
as Ray Harris
TVBetween the Lines
1992
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Matt Rawlings
TVTrainer
1991
as Joe Hogan
MovieHidden Agenda
1990
as Sgt Kennedy
MovieShoot to Kill
1990
as CID Supt. Jimmy Richards
TVThe Paradise Club
1989
as DCS Flemyng
MovieCoppers
1988
MovieCrossfire
1988
as Dermot Shea
No Man's Land
1986
TVCasualty
1986
as Dave McGann
TVScreen Two
1985
as Paddy John O'Neill
MovieFour Days in July
1984
as Eugene
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieAnne Devlin
1984
as James Hope
The Schooner
1983
as Boatman
MovieThe Writing on the Wall
1983
as Major Bond
MovieJuno and the Paycock
1980
as 1st Furniture Removal Man
